Letter: Webster Parish is dying, we must wake up

It is Tuesday evening, April 4, 2017, as I sit and read the Minden Press-Herald. What jumps out at you is the number of articles dealing with the crises of tax revenue shortfall. To name a few in today’s paper: The City of Minden is struggling to have adequate revenues to pay for maintaining a safe number of police officers on our streets. The Minden Police Department is seven officers short. The Webster Parish School Board votes to leave teacher pay frozen for the 7th year in a row. The Webster Parish Police Jury has a revenue shortfall. The South